irvinehomeowner
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This is actually a very late review, we went here months ago after we had gone to Korea House BBQ:
http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php?topic=531.0
We wanted to try this place out despite the bad Yelp reviews regarding their service:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/arirang-bbq-house-irvine
This is where the old Coco's (or was it Carrow's) restaurant in Woodbridge was, just across Barranca from the Woodbridge Town Center where Ruby's is. The place is really nice with glass and granite decor... it makes Shik Do Rak look very hole-in-the-wallish.
We ordered the standard, kalbi ($25.99) and bulgogi ($21.99) . Like Shik and KH, many sides were brought by but I that night they didn't have the pickled cucumbers (or the soup) I like. They also bring drop off a thermos of ice water so you can pour yourself your own refills. The kalbi was like KH, boneless but the bone was on the plate.
The food was good, my sigoth liked it better than KH but they were also more expensive. If you have coupons (which I see occasionally in the mail) it's a good deal. I'm not sure where the service pans on Yelp are coming from, but maybe it's because I'm used to low maintenance service in asian establishments. The people who waited on us were great and very helpful with cooking our food and getting us refills on rice and sides.
For style, Arirang is better than Korea House, but for price and convenience (and the soup), I prefer Korea House.
http://www.talkirvine.com/index.php?topic=531.0
We wanted to try this place out despite the bad Yelp reviews regarding their service:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/arirang-bbq-house-irvine
This is where the old Coco's (or was it Carrow's) restaurant in Woodbridge was, just across Barranca from the Woodbridge Town Center where Ruby's is. The place is really nice with glass and granite decor... it makes Shik Do Rak look very hole-in-the-wallish.
We ordered the standard, kalbi ($25.99) and bulgogi ($21.99) . Like Shik and KH, many sides were brought by but I that night they didn't have the pickled cucumbers (or the soup) I like. They also bring drop off a thermos of ice water so you can pour yourself your own refills. The kalbi was like KH, boneless but the bone was on the plate.
The food was good, my sigoth liked it better than KH but they were also more expensive. If you have coupons (which I see occasionally in the mail) it's a good deal. I'm not sure where the service pans on Yelp are coming from, but maybe it's because I'm used to low maintenance service in asian establishments. The people who waited on us were great and very helpful with cooking our food and getting us refills on rice and sides.
For style, Arirang is better than Korea House, but for price and convenience (and the soup), I prefer Korea House.